Zach's News

The library’s single search tool called Discover@GeorgiaSouthern has been used by the Georgia Southern community for over a year now. We would like to know what your experience has been while trying to search for library resources for information using this single search box tool. Please take a couple of minutes to share your user experiences by completing this online survey so we can determine how to better serve you. More information about Discover@GeorgiaSouthern can be found on the library’s website. If you need assistance searching Discover@GeorgiaSouthern, please contact the Information Desk at (912) 478-5645, email AskZach@georgiasouthern.edu, or Instant Message us.

On April 18, 2013, the Digital Public Library of America is scheduled to “go live,” taking the next step toward fulfilling its mission to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans online and free of charge. Learn more about the DPLA at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/

The Zach S. Henderson Library has new equipment for students to check out from the Reserves desk.  We now have three new Kodak PlayFull video cameras.  All cameras are available for a checkout period of one week.  More information about the Kodak Play Full video camera is available here.  We also have one new Digital Voice Recorder, which is also available for 1 week checkout.  More information about the Digital Voice Recorder is available here.  If you have any questions about this equipment, please contact Debra Bever (912-478-5482 or dbever@georgiasouthern.edu).

The library’s single search tool called Discover@GeorgiaSouthern has been used by the Georgia Southern community for over a year now. We would like to know what your experience has been while trying to search for library resources for information using this single search box tool. Please take a couple of minutes to share your user experiences by completing this online survey so we can determine how to better serve you. More information about Discover@GeorgiaSouthern can be found on the library’s website. If you need assistance searching Discover@GeorgiaSouthern, please contact the Information Desk at (912) 478-5645, email AskZach@georgiasouthern.edu, or Instant Message us.

Take a break from studying for mid-term exams and say hi to our furry friends!

Henderson Library is one of 843 libraries and state humanities councils in the United States to be awarded the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Bookshelf is a collection of twenty-five books, three films, an online database, and other resources designed to introduce the American public to the complex history and culture of Muslims in the United States and around the world. Developed by the NEH and the American Library Association based on the advice of scholars, librarians and other public programming experts, the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is intended to provide accessible resources about Muslim beliefs and practices and the cultural heritage associated with Islamic civilizations. The Averitt Center for the Arts and the Statesboro Regional Libraries are partners in this award.  The award includes a year’s subscription to the Oxford University

For updates and more information on the Bookshelf and Bookshelf events, please go the LibGuide developed by Ruth Baker at http://georgiasouthern.libguides.com/muslimjourneys

March is Women’s History Month, and GALILEO offers several resources to help you find the stories of women throughout history along with advice on how to find those resources.

Start by looking for a woman in the Discover@Georgia Southern search box. Try finding Susan B. Anthony, Marie Curie, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, Coretta Scott King, Sonia Sotomayor, Jane Goodall, and others. For some major events in women’s history, look for women’s rights, women suffrage, women work*, feminism, or other topics of interest. Tip: If you are getting a lot of book reviews in the results, use Limit by Type to remove Reviews (click Show More to see all types, click Check all, then uncheck Reviews).

NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer book recommendations for all ages. Here is a tip to find fiction books by women. Go the Advanced Search, leave the search box blank (or type in a topic of your choice), and choose Female in the Author’s Gender field to see a list of books.

Interested in important women in Georgia? Take a look at the Women of Distinction in Georgia feature in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. You can read about interesting women like Mary Musgrove, Hazel Raines, Rosalyn Carter, Alice Walker, and many more fascinating women. The Digital Library of Georgia offers many historical images and documents related to women, and it also includes two collections focused on women’s history, For Our Mutual Benefit: The Athens Woman’s Club and Social Reform, 1899-1920 and Georgia Women’s Movement Oral History Project Collection.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted into law in 1966. This significant legislation gives the public access to Executive Branch information except under certain pre-defined exemptions, such as: “records which are specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order”; “Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person that is privileged or confidential”; and “personnel, medical, and similar files (including financial files) the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy”; etc.  This act is enforceable in the court of law, and is used to keep a check on executive powers by concerned individuals and groups.

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Changes might soon be coming to campus as part of a bill that was passed back in 2010.  How these changes will be implemented on campus is hard to tell, but if and when they come they will be evident to everyone. As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Section 4205 (NUTRITION LABELING OF STANDARD MENU ITEMS AT CHAIN RESTAURANTS)  of the bill requires that “the vending machine operator [who operate 20 or more machines] shall provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button that includes a clear and conspicuous statement disclosing the number of calories contained in the article.”  As an effort to help the public in keeping track of everything that is consumed, consumers will now have the option to read the nutritional information of the products being purchased before purchasing them.

Read more about the Requirements for Vending Machine Operators from the Food and Drug Administration at http://www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ucm217762.htm.  You can also read Food Labeling: Calorie Labeling of Articles of Food in Vending Machines NPRM at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/LabelingNutrition/UCM249278.pdf to help yourself further understand this legislation and how it will be implemented.

Shared with you by Samuel Russell, Government Documents Deparment